'By the Compass of the Word': The Life and Piety of William Kiffen--A Quatercentenary Appreciation
William Kiffen, a central figure in the emergence of the British Particular Baptist community in the seventeenth century, came to congregationalist and baptistic convictions in the political and religious turmoil of the reign of Charles I. By the early 1640s he was a key leader among the Particular...
| Published in: | The Evangelical quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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| In: |
The Evangelical quarterly
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDG Free church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Christians
B KIFFEN, William B Reformed Baptist movement B Congregationalists B SOCIAL life & customs B BUNYAN, John, 1628-1688 |
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| Summary: | William Kiffen, a central figure in the emergence of the British Particular Baptist community in the seventeenth century, came to congregationalist and baptistic convictions in the political and religious turmoil of the reign of Charles I. By the early 1640s he was a key leader among the Particular Baptists in London, and went on to play a central role in their establishment as a distinct community over the next six decades. He was personally acquainted with not only Oliver Cromwell, but also Charles II and James II. His major literary work was a defense of closed communion, in which he opposed the views of John Bunyan. Kiffen won this debate, and so determined the shape of Baptist polity in the following century. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-08804006 |